Sunday, April 24, 2011

Call the Cute Police!






This baby has exceeded the quota of legal cuteness! It's killing me to think that she is quickly growing up and all too soon will no longer have these fat little thighs and gummy smile and disproportionately large blue eyes and fuzzy hair. Must. Photograph. Her. Incessantly. :)






Thursday, April 21, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sophie Sessions: 6 months



This past month, Sophie...
* flew in an airplane for the first time! To visit Meemom and Uncle Paul in Tucson!
* has learned how to sit independently on the floor while reaching and playing with toys
* has been (often successfully) removing and replacing her own pacifier
* responds with big smiles every time we sing her song, "who's that baby in the mirror?"

Stats: 15 lbs 6 oz (40th percentile- a bit of a drop from 60-75%- she must have missed out on calories while she was sick and while she was too busy and distracted by the world to eat!), 25.5 inches tall (40th percentile), clothing size 6 months.


Friday, April 15, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

L's 8th B-day


One of Lucas' favorite people in Charlottesville is our next door neighbor, L. She is so sweet to him, so indulgent of all of his requests and games, and essentially plays the big sister role in our family! She recently celebrated her 8th birthday with a fun-filled play date for all her friends that included a tie-dye activity, pizza and chocolate cupcakes. No themes, no decorations; it was simple and perfect. We all had a great time!




This gorilla get-up from the Fairfax Vincents has been quite the entertainment source for all kidd0-gatherings lately! Thanks for passing it on to us, Amity and Zayna!






Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sophie Session: 5 months


Just in time for her to turn 6 months: Sophies' 5 month photo session gets published! Ha ha. I'm taking these photos on-time, but I just hadn't been able to get them up on the blog because I'd had no free time to get on the computer during our "Winter of the Vincent Plague and Eternal Wakefulness". :)
So, without further ado, Sophie at 5 months!


This past month (up until she turned 5 months old), Sophie:
* has fallen in love with her own feet and grabs them any chance she can get.
* has spent most of this month sick
* has become VERY interested in new sounds and sights. She can't eat or sleep with any kind of visual or auditory input. I call her room with black-out shades her 'sensory deprivation chamber'.
* has started to delight in splashing at bath-time. I can no longer bathe her in the sink without drenching the entire bathroom.
* LOVES books. As soon as I open a page for her, she pedals her legs and waves her arms and lunges her face for the pictures. She gets so energized and excited about books, that we can't read bedtime stories. It's just not a relaxing activity for her! :)

And how in the world was I supposed to decide between all these cute photos for her baby-in-a-box picture? Cuteness overload!





Monday, April 11, 2011

The Vincents visit Meemom and Uncle Paul!

The kids did amazingly well on the plane until we hit the bedtime hour. Let's just say we learned the hard way that we need to book morning flights for any future travel! My mom and Paul put us up in a beautiful comfortable hotel the first night and we all got great sleep and were ready to play early the next morning! First we hit the Tucson Air Museum. Lucas was enthralled.







Lucas opted not to be in our posed photos. He's been harder and harder to capture on my camera. All the shots you see of him on the blog lately have been of him doing what I've caught him doing or with the camera off to the side of my face while I talk to him!

3 generations of women: Look, we all have the same Ukrainian eyes! :)

Our Tucson tradition: painting the river rocks that surround the pool. It will be fun to compare how these have changed as Lucas gets older.



Uncle Paul can rip a phone book in half!!! Don't mess with this guy! :)

Lucas gives it a try. Hmmm. Maybe when he's a "bigger boy".

Photos from around the house...


Baby Blue Eyes

Thanks for the lovely visit, Mom and Paul! We had so much fun and hope we didn't wear you out too much! :)